TRAGEDY

Video Shows Plane Crash into Taipei River After Clipping Bridge

A TransAsia flight carrying 58 people clipped a bridge and crashed into a river in Taiwan on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people. The death toll is expected to rise as rescue crews remove bodies from the wreckage, according to the Associated Press.

The plane, an ATR 72 propjet, had been used for less than a year by the airline, and took off in what the airline said were safe weather conditions. Fifteen people were reportedly rescued with injuries. Another 20 remain missing. Authorities did not immediately identify a cause for the crash.

Dramatic video of the crash was posted online and played repeatedly on Taiwanese news media. Shortly after takeoff in Taipei, Flight GE235 can be seen banking sharply, with its wing apparently hitting a taxi and a portion of the bridge before the propjet careens into the shallow river.

In July, another TransAsia ATR 72 went down in typhoon conditions that are still under investigation. Forty-eight people died in that crash.